Berford Oswald Wiggins follows a Code. That's why he's about to marry the wrong woman. Again. When Berf finds himself accidentally engaged to Amelia for the third time, he leaps from the frying pan of Austin and absconds to the Payne ranch in Bolero, Texas. But far from being the blissful autumn retreat of Berf's dreams, the ranch abounds with plotters and strategerists. There's the battle to the death for dominance in Bolero society, the secret search...